Leonid Stadnyk

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Leonid Stadnyk
Леонід Стадник
Born	Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk (1970-08-05)5 August 1970 Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	24 August 2014(2014-08-24) (aged 44) Podolyantsi, Chudniv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Height	2.57 m (8 ft 5 in)

Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk (Ukrainian: Леонід Степанович Стадник; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in),.

Death[]

Stadnyk died at the age of 44 on 24 August 2014 from a brain hemorrhage.^[1]

See also[]

• List of tallest people
• Bao Xishun, the previous holder of tallest man Guinness title
• Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), the tallest man in history
• Sultan Kösen, the current tallest man in Guinness title

References[]

External links[]

• https://www.gq.com/story/lenoid-stadnyk-tallest-man-russia-200503?printable=true
• PHOTO from life of giant (in Russian)
• AP article
• San Clemente doctor gets to know giant, The Orange County Register
• Photo at Ukrainian country side, Photos in UemA
• "Ukrainian is world's tallest man". BBC News. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
• Guinness official record of Leonid Stadnyk's height, based on a measurement by the Ukrainian Book of Records.